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Right now a reloader can figure about five cents for a primer, three cents for powder and 17 cents for a bullet, bringing the total cost for each load to a quarter. For the purposes of this article, let’s stick to cast bullets. Presently the price for premium jacketed bullets is running about $47 per hundred, and cast lead bullets are around $17 per hundred. But reloading still beats the price of factory ammunition. The days of figuring a penny per primer and a penny for powder for each loaded round are long gone. With the current rampant panic buying, nothing is inexpensive.
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Outside of initial equipment cost, the single biggest expense for reloaders is bullets. To differentiate between pure lead and bullet alloy, author casts ingots into easily identifiable molds.
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